"These guys can thrill thousands with their shot-making -- and don't need to squirt vintage champagne over nightclub revellers to make themselves appear 'interesting'."

A very nice column by Karl MacGinty makes a simple case that the need for more colorful characters is ultimately not a product of their off-course life, as in Anthony Kim's case, but what happens on the course and how the emotions, strategy and beauty of the game will bring out the color.

Are players like Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler not exciting enough? These guys can thrill thousands with their shot-making -- and don't need to squirt vintage champagne over nightclub revellers to make themselves appear 'interesting'.

Those who suggest golf lacks adventure or excitement obviously missed last month's Ryder Cup climax. Though shunned by the megastars and played in front of dwindling crowds, the PGA Tour's 'Fall Series' has in recent weeks produced a couple of incredibly dramatic finishes.

For example, Jonathan Byrd completed the most astonishing coup de grace in golf history as darkness fell over Last Vegas last Sunday, landing a sensational ace on the fourth hole of sudden death to beat Aussie Cameron Percy and defending champion Martin Laird of Scotland.

"Did that go in? You gotta be kidding me," said Byrd, who'd struggled in the gloom to see his superlative 204-yards six-iron pitch 10 feet from the hole, hop once and then roll into the cup, clinching a fourth PGA Tour victory for the 36-year-old and ensuring he has a job for the next two years.

A worldwide TV audience witnessed history being made as a PGA Tour event was decided for the first time by a hole-in-one. To see it happening live was indeed a thrill.